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Expanding toy – Growing Pet

Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 16 Oct 2008In the weekly report of 17 Oct 2008 (week 41, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Expanding toy
Brand
Growing Pet (3 alerts)
Brand as notified
Growing pet
Type / model
Turtle egg, EAN 5907479468278
Description
A toy egg containing a turtle. Dimensions of the egg are approximately 59 x 46 mm. Inside the egg is a turtle made of hard plastic coloured yellow and red. Supplied with the toys are tags with a CE mark, pictogram concerning age 0-3 restriction and warnings: “Do not swallow”, “Product children below 36 months old”, “Use only under supervision of an adult”, “Store out of reach of children below 3 years”, “Small parts - risk of choking”, “The packaging is not a toy”, “Please keep the packaging for further reference”.
Risk
The product poses a risk of choking because after 72 hours in water the toy expands in different dimensions: 97% - 151% (maximum permitted by the standard is 50%).The products do not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the importer
Notifying country
Poland
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1162/08Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1162/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1162/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-41 (XML)
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